Rawlings announced on ESPN that Betts was named the 2016 Gold Glove Award winner last night. Darren Hartwell of NESN stated that “it was a pretty remarkable defensive season for Betts — who also is an [American League] MVP finalist — considering he came up in Boston’s farm system as an infielder and played his first professional game as an outfielder in 2014.”
The 24-year-old, however, is no stranger to Red Sox Nation for showing off his glove.
In those first 37 games, Betts played 28 of them in center field and put on a highlight-reel performance seemingly every time.